$ git init $ echo 1 > file; echo 2 >> file $ git add file $ git commit -m 1 [master (root-commit) 1373ad1] 1 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) create mode 100644 file $ git cat-file -p 1373ad1 tree d25d3b6082891168b6787cb20783bd332e5b8f74 ... $ git cat-file -p d25d3b6 100644 blob 1191247b6d9a206f6ba3d8ac79e26d041dd86941 file $ git cat-file -p 1191247 | hexdump -C 00000000 31 0a 32 0a |1.2.| 00000004